Vulnerability in PostgreSQL
CVE-2012-2655
PostgreSQL 8.3.x before 8.3.19, 8.4.x before 8.4.12, 9.0.x before 9.0.8, and 9.1.x before 9.1.4 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (server crash) by adding the (1) SECURITY DEFINER or (2) SET attributes to a procedural language's call handler.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.029 (86.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 86.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.029 · newest: 0.029 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- PostgreSQL — versions 8.3, 8.3.1, 8.3.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.postgresql.org/about/news/1398/ (Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/50718 (third-party-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082292.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082258.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2491 (vendor-advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1037.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082294.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00102.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00013.html (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2012-2655?
- CVE-2012-2655 is a vulnerability in PostgreSQL, classified under CWE-399. Published 2012-07-18.
- Is CVE-2012-2655 known to be exploited?
- 14 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.